TECNA

The Technology Association of Louisville Kentucky has launched its cyber camps program at no cost to participating middle and high school youth in West Louisville this summer with funding provided by United Parcel Service of America, Inc. (UPS). Registration is now open at LCCC and Neighborhood House. See contacts below…. Read more

The Technology Association of Louisville Kentucky (TALK) is partnering with the National Integrated Cyber Education Research Center (NICERC) and the Kentucky Computer Science Teachers Association to identify up to 20 high school teachers across the state for the opportunity to attend the 2016 Education Discovery Forum in Dallas, TX on… Read more

TALK’s first Techfest is scheduled for August 20-21, 2015 in Louisville, KY being held at the Henry Clay Building. TechFest is a first-year event that will educate, connect, and entertain the audience of coders, designers, leaders, and makers. We’ll bring in national and regional speakers and vendors to cover a… Read more

The Art of Workforce Development

Across pockets of the Bluegrass State, kids of all ages are delving into cool, project-based learning designed to build a future workforce that embraces technology in every facet of corporate growth. [View full story at The Lane Report]

Kentucky’s new Education and Workforce Development Secretary brings both an entrepreneurial background and a school choice advocate’s perspective to the job. And Hal Heiner hopes to push the cabinet to move faster than ever before in preparing students to fuel future growth in the state’s economy.

The Louisville businessman and former Republican gubernatorial candidate appeared on KET’s “One to One” to discuss education issues and Gov. Matt Bevin’s plan to expand workforce training opportunities. [View full story at Insider Louisville]

A Rising Call to Promote STEM Education and Cut Liberal Arts Funding

When the Kentucky governor, Matt Bevin, suggested last month that students majoring in French literature should not receive state funding for their college education, he joined a growing number of elected officials who want to nudge students away from the humanities and toward more job-friendly subjects like electrical engineering. [View full story at The New York Times]

Cyberstates 2016 Report

As TALK is a member of CompTIA and TECNA, please find an interesting Cyberstates report released in March 2016: The 17th annual edition of Cyberstates provides a state-by-state analysis of the size and scope of the U.S. tech industry and tech workforce. [View Report]